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The strand is now open for applications and will operate until at least the end of 2015.
We are delighted to be working with the Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear Northumberland
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation has launched a fund to support organisations in the early stages
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In 2011 the Foundation turned fifty and to mark our anniversary we commissioned a short film with some stories about what we do.
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Towards the costs of creating Soundhub, a programme of support for emerging composers.
http://www.lso.co.uk
Keywords: Artist Development, Arts, Music
Region: UK Wide
£289,351 over 60 months
Main Fund
Towards the continuation of Night Shift, OAE's late night format for new audiences at The Queen Elizabeth Hall.
http://www.oae.co.uk/
Keywords: Arts, Music
£120,000 over 36 months
Towards core costs to support Dash Arts work as a producer of theatre, dance, music and art events.
http://www.dasharts.org.uk
Keywords: Arts, Music, Theatre
£195,000 over 48 months
Towards touring and outreach costs to communities in disadvantaged and remote areas where access to hiqh quality recitals and new works is less common.
http://WWW.SCHUBERTENSEMBLE.COM
Keywords: Arts, Audience Development, Children, Education and Learning, Music
Region: Scotland
£10,000 over 24 months
Towards the Universe of Sound digital orchestral learning project.
http://www.philharmonia.co.uk/
Keywords: Arts, Audience Development, Education and Learning, Museums & Galleries, Music
Region: England
£100,000 over 12 months
Towards the salary of the creative director.
http://www.paragon-music.org
£15,000 over 12 months
Towards a programme of community projects.
http://www.scottishopera.org.uk
Keywords: Arts, Disabilities, Early Years, Education and Learning, Fostering Communities, Homelessness, Mental Health, Music, Social Change
£118,298 over 36 months
Towards 'Volunteer Apprentice' a programme enabling individuals to benefit from a structured programme of accredited training, volunteering experience and industry-specific opportunities.
http://www.teesmusicalliance.org.uk
Keywords: Arts, Fostering Communities, Music, Social Change
Region: North East
£60,000 over 24 months
Towards the music and expressive arts education programmes.
http://www.raw-material.org
Keywords: Arts, At Risk Youth, BME, Children, Education and Learning, Music, Young Adults
Region: London
£50,000 over 36 months
Towards establishing young musicians' ensembles.
http://www.trinitylaban.ac.uk
Keywords: Arts, Children, Education and Learning, Music
£63,075 over 24 months
Towards the costs of developing the company's autumn seasons.
http://www.englishtouringopera.org.uk
£198,000 over 36 months
Towards the Song Stories Programme, an innovative primary schools project in deprived areas of South London, that will create a musical story, comprising song and narration with widely varying musical influences.
http://www.endymion.org.uk
Keywords: Arts, Children, Music, Participatory Arts
£7,000 over 12 months
Towards running a musical performance group for homeless, ex-homeless and vulnerably housed people which aims to promote awareness of homelessness issues.
http://www.talkingintune.co.uk
Keywords: Arts, BME, Disabilities, Homelessness, Music, Skills Development, Social Change, Social Mobility, Supporting Individuals
Region: Eastern
Featured grant: Talking in Tune
£21,000 over 36 months
Towards the core costs of the Mid Wales Chamber Orchestra.
Keywords: Arts, Audience Development, Education and Learning, Music
Region: Wales
£15,000 over 24 months
Towards the costs of a review of good practice in community engagement in arts venues, to underpin the development of the RSNO's new building.
http://www.rsno.org.uk
Keywords: Arts, Education and Learning, Music, Participatory Arts
£7,500 over 12 months
Towards a programme supporting artists development.
http://www.thepointeastleigh.co.uk
Keywords: Artist Development, Arts, Dance, Music, Theatre
Region: South East
Towards project costs to investigate new approaches to musical composition in schools.
http://www.soundandmusic.org
Keywords: Artist Development, Arts, Music, Visual Arts
£58,828 over 24 months
New Approaches to Learning Strand This strand is closed now - please refer to the Main Fund for information on eligibility.
To fund the salary of a learning and participation officer.
http://www.newmarlowetheatre.org.uk
Keywords: Arts, Dance, Music, Theatre
£105,000 over 36 months
Towards project costs to improve the consistency and continuity of teaching and learning in music for pupils transferring from primary to secondary school.
http://www.phf.org.uk
Keywords: Arts, Children, Curriculum Development, Education and Learning, Music, Professional Development, Skills Development
£58,500 over 24 months
Towards business consultancy for organisational transition.
£2,772 over 12 months
Towards the costs of creative music sessions for refugees and asylum seekers especially victims of torture.
http://www.musicianswithoutborders.org.uk
Keywords: Arts, BME, Fostering Communities, Music, Social Change
Region: North West
£10,000 over 12 months
Towards musician, conductor and soloist salaries to support the costs of NLO becoming 'orchestra in residence' at Stratford Circus arts centre in the London Borough of Newham.
http://www.nlo.co.uk
Keywords: Arts, Audience Development, BME, Music
£75,000 over 36 months
Towards a teacher training programme in the Thurrock and Thames Gateway region.
http://www.roh.org.uk
Keywords: Arts, Dance, Education and Learning, Music, Professional Development
£114,985 over 36 months
Towards the cost of the education and outreach programme.
http://www.wno.org.uk/
£33,863 over 12 months
Towards the core costs of the artistic and education programmes, plus a contribution to salaries.
http://www.georgiantheatreroyal.co.uk
Keywords: Arts, Audience Development, Music, Theatre
Region: Yorkshire And The Humber
£70,000 over 36 months
Towards the salary of the learning and participation officer.
http://www.hcmf.co.uk
Keywords: Arts, Education and Learning, Music
£54,000 over 36 months
Towards the salary of the band director and administrator and other core costs.
http://www.thepipingcentre.co.uk/
Keywords: Arts, Audience Development, BME, Education and Learning, Music, Young Adults
£60,000 over 36 months
Towards the costs of the Monteverdi Apprenticeship.
http://www.monteverdi.co.uk
£34,307 over 24 months
Towards project costs to research if an informal approach to instrumental teaching with greater emphasis on improvisation, aural and group work might motivate pupils who find classical notation off-putting.
http://www.ioe.ac.uk/
Keywords: Arts, Children, Education and Learning, Music, Professional Development
£129,494 over 24 months
Towards the salary of a partnership manager.
http://www.orchestraslive.org.uk
Keywords: Arts, Audience Development, Music
Towards the development of a training scheme for emerging early music ensembles.
http://www.bremf.org.uk/
£65,000 over 36 months
Towards core costs of the artistic programme.
http://www.rednoteensemble.com
Towards the cost of a new social engagement and audience development initiative.
http://www.theoperagroup.co.uk
Keywords: Arts, Fostering Communities, Music, Social Change, Theatre
£110,000 over 36 months
Towards the salary of a project manager and lead musician costs for a project evaluating the impact of individual instrumental tuition on the well being of the over 55's in day care and other settings.
http://www.rcm.ac.uk
Keywords: Arts, BME, Disabilities, Education and Learning, Fostering Communities, Mental Health, Music, Professional Development, Skills Development, Social Change
£109,372 over 24 months
Towards research to develop new approaches to music education for children with severe or profound learning difficulties.
http://www.roehampton.ac.uk
Keywords: Arts, Disabilities, Education and Learning, Music
£73,422 over 15 months
Towards a series of chamber concerts and education activity in Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham.
http://www.musicintheround.co.uk
Keywords: Arts, Audience Development, Fostering Communities, Music, Social Change
£45,544 over 18 months
Towards the costs of the Education Programme and core costs.
http://www.efdss.org
Keywords: Arts, Children, Dance, Education and Learning, Heritage, Music
£90,000 over 36 months
Towards the costs of sessional musicians to introduce the Figure Notes notation system across Scotland.
http://www.drakemusicscotland.org
Keywords: Arts, BME, Disabilities, Education and Learning, Learning Disabilities, Music, Special Education Needs
£23,000 over 12 months
Towards the costs of expanding the Bloco Summer School, for young people.
http://www.kinetika.co.uk
Keywords: Arts, Children, Dance, Music, Participatory Arts, Young Adults
£30,000 over 36 months
Towards the costs of a programme to embed work within the local community.
http://www.spitalfieldsmusic.org.uk/
Towards the costs over three years of delivering the Community Music Trainee and Apprentice programme to nurture promising music leaders.
http://www.thesagegateshead.org
Keywords: Arts, Audience Development, Children, Music, Participatory Arts, Skills Development, Young Adults
£150,000 over 35 months
Towards project, production and education team costs for a programme of raising primary pupils aspirations and attainment, predominantly those from BAME backgrounds.
http://www.hmdt.org.uk
Keywords: Arts, BME, Children, Education and Learning, Human Rights, Music, Raising Academic Attainment, Social Change
Towards core costs of an education, recording, commissioning and performance project.
http://www.endymionensemble.org
£6,654 over 12 months
Towards a programme of education and training for young jazz musicians across Scotland.
http://www.nyos.co.uk
Keywords: Arts, Children, Education and Learning, Music, Skills Development
£49,500 over 36 months
Towards the cost of participatory workshops and concerts for pre-school children, their parents and teachers.
http://www.cammusic.co.uk
Keywords: Arts, Audience Development, Early Years, Family Support, Music, Social Change, Social Mobility, Strengthening Civic Society
£13,320 over 12 months
Towards the salary of the director and assistant to take the arts to the scattered populations of the North Highlands.
http://www.northhighlandconnections.org
Towards the costs of the Culture Lab programme.
http://www.londonsinfonietta.org.uk
Keywords: Artist Development, Arts, Music, Young Adults
Towards costs to nurture the talents of emerging conductors and composers.
http://www.stmagnusfestival.com
Keywords: Artist Development, Arts, Education and Learning, Music, Young Adults
£38,500 over 36 months
Towards the cost of piloting and developing a new type of musically and culturally diverse orchestra.
http://www.firebirdtrust.org.uk
Region: East Midlands
£20,817 over 12 months
Towards 'Night Shift' a late night concert format for new audiences.
http://www.oae.co.uk
£100,000 over 36 months
Towards the salary of the administrator and project costs.
http://www.streetwiseopera.org
Keywords: Arts, Homelessness, Music, Poverty Relief, Social Change
£83,821 over 36 months
Towards the costs of a feasibility study.
http://www.jacksonslane.org.uk
Keywords: Arts, Music, Other Artforms, Theatre
£10,000 over 6 months
Towards a programme of new cross-artform work in the Howard Assembly Room.
http://operanorth.co.uk
Keywords: Arts, Audience Development, Combined Arts, Music, Theatre
Towards the salary of the creative director to support a music programme for young people, vulnerable adults and new migrant communities in Scotland.
£30,000 over 24 months
Towards the salary of the project manager and lead musicians involved in the Music for Health Programme.
http://www.rncm.ac.uk
£65,605 over 36 months
Towards the salary of the executive producer.
£48,592 over 15 months
Towards salaries and costs to develop children's orchestras in Raploch using Venezuela's El Sistema methodology.
http://www.sistemascotland.org.uk
Keywords: Arts, Children, Music, Skills Development
Featured grant: Sistema Scotland
£150,000 over 36 months
Towards salaries and overheads.
http://www.sbco.org.uk
Keywords: Adults, Arts, Music, Older People, Young Adults
£20,000 over 24 months
Towards the cost of a new education and community programme.
http://www.stgeorgesbristol.co.uk
Keywords: Arts, Education and Learning, Fostering Communities, Music, Social Change
Region: South West
Towards the costs of a new programme inspiring cultural innovation across Manchester.
http://www.mif.co.uk
Keywords: Arts, BME, Disabilities, Early Years, Fostering Communities, Music, Participatory Arts, Social Change, Theatre
£72,500 over 18 months
Towards a fourth round of the joint commissioning fund with the Performing Rights Society Foundation and Scottish Arts Council.
http://www.prsformusicfoundation.com/
£20,000 over 12 months
Towards developing new teaching-and-learning strategies for classical instrumental tuition, in order to increase motivation, achievement and inclusion amongst children.
Keywords: Arts, Children, Curriculum Development, Education and Learning, Music, Professional Development
£36,189 over 12 months
Towards the costs of improving musical composition in schools in Dyfed.
http://www.ymmd.org.uk
Keywords: Arts, Education and Learning, Learning Disabilities, Music, Special Education Needs
Towards the costs of an annual contemporary music festival.
http://www.soundsnew.org.uk
£5,000 over 12 months
Towards the salary of a general manager and sustainability planning consultancy costs to expand beneficiary numbers and geographic reach and to improve the financial sustainability of this organisation.
http://www.samling.org.uk/
Keywords: Arts, Children, Education and Learning, Music, Professional Development, Raising Academic Attainment, Young Adults
£50,000 over 24 months
Towards the artistic and programming costs of the Spiegel Tent tour of East Anglia.
http://www.danceeast.co.uk
Keywords: Arts, Audience Development, Dance, Music
£50,000 over 12 months
Towards the cost of running the organisation
http://www.excathedra.co.uk
Region: West Midlands
Towards rehearsal costs for a tour of works by Handel.
£68,000 over 12 months
Towards LAB (Education and Technology) residencies and core costs.
http://www.aldeburgh.co.uk
£122,432 over 36 months
Towards the costs of a programme of work for the Greenwich and Docklands Festivals.
http://www.festival.org
Keywords: Arts, Dance, Disabilities, Music
Towards core costs to support a programme of events to celebrate Avison's tercentenary.
http://www.avisonensemble.com
£70,000 over 24 months
Towards a programme to develop the Centre and organisation's work.
http://www.cbco.co.uk
£307,938 over 60 months
Towards the salary of a head of volunteer management to lead a volunteering programme.
http://www.makingmusic.org.uk
Keywords: Arts, Music, Participatory Arts, Social Change, Strengthening Civic Society
£85,470 over 24 months
Towards the salary of the associate director, development and learning.
http://www.serious.org.uk
Keywords: Artist Development, Arts, Audience Development, Music
£88,052 over 24 months
Towards an education programme for young people in West Wales devoted to improving the quality of composition through working with professional composers and musicians.
Keywords: Artist Development, Arts, Children, Curriculum Development, Education and Learning, Music
Towards the costs of presenting an annual event dedicated to sonic arts which supports emerging artists.
http://www.cryptic.org.uk
Keywords: Arts, Music, Theatre, Visual Arts
Towards core costs for an organisation that creates learning and enterprise opportunities for young people through urban music.
http://www.biggafish.com
Keywords: Arts, At Risk Youth, Children, Education and Learning, Music, Young Adults
£102,000 over 36 months
Towards the costs of the Orkney Conductors' Course and St Magnus Composers' Course.
Towards the music education programme of this period instrument ensemble working across the North East.
Keywords: Arts, Audience Development, Children, Education and Learning, Music, Participatory Arts
Towards the expansion of New Music Plus, which will provide development opportunities for emerging to mid-career producers of live music events and an imaginative approach to programming and marketing across a broader range of venues.
£29,873 over 18 months
Towards core costs which support the work towards the diversification of orchestra membership and increased partnership working.
http://www.nyo.org.uk/
Keywords: Artist Development, Arts, Children, Education and Learning, Music, Young Adults
Towards the salary of the director of learning and participation.
Keywords: Arts, Audience Development, Education and Learning, Music, Participatory Arts
Towards The Academy, which discovers and provides support for emerging, talented musicians with specialist expertise in contemporary classical music.
Towards the Insight and Innovations in Opera programme.
http://www.operanorth.co.uk
Keywords: Artist Development, Arts, Audience Development, Music, Theatre
Towards the development of Open Space - an artist development programme.
Keywords: Artist Development, Arts, Music, Other Artforms
£500,000 over 60 months
Towards a programme of work to nurture and grow support for Northern Irish chamber musicians and composers through a combination of newly-commissioned work, concerts and mentoring opportunities.
http://www.belfastmusicsociety.org
Keywords: Adults, Artist Development, Arts, Audience Development, Music
Region: Northern Ireland
£16,000 over 36 months
Towards the development of a new chamber orchestra model for Wales, working to develop new generations of players and audiences.
http://www.sinfoniacymru.co.uk
Towards a fund to support the development of new productions and create a more sustainable funding model.
http://www.eno.org
£300,000 over 36 months
Towards a new staffing structure to be implemented during and after the restoration and refurbishment of the building in Aldgate.
http://www.wiltons.org.uk
Keywords: Arts, Heritage, Music, Theatre
Towards the development of the Random Fridays programme, a series of free, late-night openings, at Bexhill-on-Sea.
http://www.dlwp.com
Keywords: Arts, Audience Development, Music, Theatre, Visual Arts
£45,620 over 24 months
Towards the salary of a participation and learning manager and programme costs.
http://www.auroraorchestra.com
Towards a comprehensive programme of linked musical opportunities for young people in the East of England.
http://www.brittensinfonia.com
Keywords: Arts, Children, Early Years, Education and Learning, Music, Participatory Arts, Raising Academic Attainment
£114,574 over 36 months
Towards Joining the Dots, a programme to develop new business models and increase resilience in the small scale contemporary music sector.
http://www.thehubuk.com/
£24,792 over 12 months
Towards extending the audience reach and exploring cross art-form collaborations.
£18,450 over 12 months
Towards establishing residencies in four Scottish cities and developing a new operational model for orchestral touring.
http://www.scottishensemble.co.uk
Keywords: Adults, Arts, Audience Development, Music, Young Adults
Towards the salary of the communications manager.
http://www.juliesbicycle.com/
Keywords: Arts, Environment, Music, Theatre